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    7200rpm HD compatible with older dv2700?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by dpal555, Sep 19, 2009.

  1. dpal555

    dpal555 Newbie

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    My hard drive just failed on my pavilion dv2700. I was told I could upgrade from a 5400rpm drive to a 7200rpm. Is this true? And what hard drives do you recommend?
     
    dpal555, Sep 19, 2009
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  2. JellyGeo

    JellyGeo Notebook Evangelist

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    dpal - You could use either a 5400-rpm or 7200-rpm drive - the main thing to pay attention to when you order a drive is to ensure that you get a SATA drive - not an IDE drive. You might get a little longer battery life with a 5400-rpm. The which drive to get part is pretty straight-forward - I suggest a Western Digital. And I would avoid Seagate and Toshiba at all costs. I just replaced two Seagate (120-Gb) drives on a friend's two laptops (he had bought one for each of his sons). One drive had completely failed - the other was predicting failure and could not be defragged as a result. Good luck with the replacement process...
     
    JellyGeo, Sep 19, 2009
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  3. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    That's what I would've thought. But according to a review in Laptop magazine, four top 7200-rpm 350 gb drives were just as efficient as the 5400-rpm one.
    In the aforementioned review, Fujinon scored best overall; and the WD was last. Still, all the drives had scores very close to each other.
     
    Krane, Sep 20, 2009
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    JellyGeo Notebook Evangelist

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    Krane - I'm not so sure dpal is going to get a lot of utility out of a 7200-rpm high-capacity drive in his older dv2700 - I have a 120-Gb WD drive in my dv4t, running as a dual-booter, and it works fine. That said - I guess if he had a large amount of music or he had a lot of digitized movies - then the tested size drive (350-Gb) would make sense (the size is 320-Gb by the way - not 350 - I've not seen any 350-Gb drives commercially). Caveat emptor as far as brands, but my extensive personal experience with Seagate and Toshiba drives is that they are steaming piles and I stand by my recommendation of using WD with an occasional Samsung tossed in the mix.
     
    JellyGeo, Sep 20, 2009
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  5. sgogeta4

    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    The difference btw most same capacity/same speed HDDs are very minimal. The main thing you want is a newer drive with higher data density. How much HDD space do you require? WD has the current largest drive for the standard 9.5mm form factor at 640GB 5400RPM.
     
    sgogeta4, Sep 20, 2009
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  6. Krane

    Krane Notebook Prophet

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    The information I gave are test results based on published data. BTW, you're correct, the 350 is a typo!
     
    Krane, Sep 21, 2009
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